...till thy God return, In Wisdom's ear thy blithest strains, IS THERE, FOR HONEST PO VERT Y. — Burnt. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him hy, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil 's obscure, and a' that ; The...

...duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Another pyramid might be becomingly erected on the spot where Mr. Mather was cut down at Florence....

...SHAKESPEARE. The better part of valour is discretion. King Henry IV., part 1, act v, scene 4. SHAKESPEARE. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. Is therefor honest poverty. BURNS. The cry is still, They come. Macbeth, act v, scene 5. SHAKESPEARE....

...there for honest poverty, That hangs its head, and a' that ? The coward slave ! we pass him by — And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank ia but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that" BURNS....

...I say that my pockets Lave of late been often-times a-dust. PISCATOR : Marry, and I am glad of 4. ' Is there, for honest poverty, that hangs his head, and a' that ? ' Т is a song that makes one proud of his poverty. And now that I bethink me — for I am most forgetu;!,...

...gives him simply vox, etpreterea nihil. He is made to feel the truth of the couplet of Burns — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for all that." This rank, however, he takes with him into the walks of professional life, and find it his...

...Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by, Wo dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that,...and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that. " What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gic...

...THAT. That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave we pass him by, Is there, for honest poverty, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that,...obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, 1 The man's the gowd for a' that! 1 A similar thought occurs in Wycherley's Plain-Dealer, which Burns...

...arrant snob \ve país him by,] We dare sell tea for a' that. For a' that aud a' that, Our coffee, figs, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though a grocer's shop we keep, Wear apron white and a' that, And toil and trade while dandies sleep, A man's...

...quite uncountenauced by Brahmanical institutions. CHAPTER VI. " For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a" that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." — BURNS. HAVING now disposed of the Brahmans and the Kshatriyas, our next inquiry must be...